#CBB23E#CBB23E

#CBB23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.135 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB23E
RGB	rgb(203, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 69.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -3.76, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 59.99, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0159 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.135 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4205, 44.8872, 11.0389)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB23E #3E57CB

analogous

#CB6C3E #CBB23E #9DCB3E

triadic

#CBB23E #3ECBB2 #B23ECB

tetradic

#CBB23E #3ECB6C #3E57CB #CB3E9D

square

#CBB23E #3ECB6C #3E57CB #CB3E9D

split-complementary

#CBB23E #3E9DCB #6C3ECB

monochromatic

#70621E #A18C2B #CBB23E #D8C56E #E5D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CBB23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#CBB23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB23E

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB23E	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.135 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec87a',
    500: '#cbb23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb23e;
$custom-light: #dec87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76443,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB23E

secondary

#949ED1

accent

#62E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB23E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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